Priming the Oil Pump

[heliox]

Hi,
does anyone give me any ideas as to why im having problems priming the oil pump on my TVR Griffith V8.

I had to remove the pump to sort out a problem with the pressure relief valve which was stuck open and after 3 attempts to prime it using vaseline it still wont prime up. Could the Mobil 1 fully synthetic be too thin,05/40w? or do I need to go the drill method?

any help appreciated,

regards h

[heliox]

thanks,

do I need to set up no 1 at tdc etc first or can i just mark it for removal since im not turning the engine over?

cheers h

[heliox]

thanks again Tony,

regards..h

[heliox]

Yes Tony,

I think the cold weather solidified the vaseline a little bit and choked up the filter flow.

With a new filter on it primed great first time with the drill quite quickly and now shows better pressure than before with an uprated new spring.

It was removing the distributor that i was a little uncertain about as i've not done it for years but its all back together and growling nicely again,thanks for the advice.

h